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4.5 External equipment

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Monitoring

External equipment

Information about the status of external equipment is in the "External equipment" section.

J1939 Charger

Information about the status of communication with a J1939 charger is available in the "External equipment → Chargers → J1939 charger" section:

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In this section:

  • Online – a flag indicating if connection with the charger established;
  • Voltage – a value of voltage received from the charger, V;
  • Current – a value of current received from the charger, А.

Eltek charger

Information about the status of communication with an Eltek charger is available in the "External equipment → Chargers → Eltek charger" section:

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In this section:

  • Status:
    • Offline – no connection with charger;
    • No charge;
    • Charge;
    • Recoverable error;
    • Non-recoverable error;
  • Input voltage, V;
  • Input current, А;
  • Input frequency, Hz;
  • Output voltage, V;
  • Output current, А;
  • Primary temperature – temperature measured by the main temperature sensor, °C;
  • Secondary temperature – temperature measured by an additional temperature sensor, °C;
  • Max power – maximum power that the charger can provide, W;
  • Available power, %;
  • Errors – hexadecimal word with charger errors.

MicroPower charger

Information about the status of communication with a MicroPower charger is available in the "External equipment → Chargers → MicroPower charger" section:

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In this section:

  • Online – a flag of normal communication with the charger;
  • Voltage, V;
  • Current, A;
  • Power, W;
  • Charge information:
    • Voltage reached – output voltage of the charger is close to the required value;
    • Current reached – output current of the charger is close to the required value;
    • Power reached – output power of the charger is close to the required value;
  • Limiter mode:
    • None;
    • Voltage;
    • Current;
    • Power;
    • Int. temperature – output is limited due to internal charger temperature;
    • Volt. boundary – bound voltage is reached;
    • Curr. boundary – bound current is reached;
    • Pow. boundary – bound power is reached;
    • DC limit;
    • AC limit;
    • Pow. AC limit – input power limitation;
    • Phase error;
  • Cause of derate:
    • Phase error;
    • Parameters;
    • Poor power;
    • Internal temperature;
    • No load;
  • Warnings, Errors:
    • Phase error;
    • Regulator error;
    • Low temperature;
    • High temperature;
    • Temperature protection;
    • CAN timeout.

S.P.E. charger

Information about the status of communication with an S.P.E. charger is available in the "External equipment → Chargers → S.P.E. charger" section:

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In this section:

  • Online – a flag of normal communication with the charger;
  • Voltage, V;
  • Current, A.

Bassi charger

Information about the status of communication with a Bassi charger is available in the "External equipment → Chargers → Bassi charger" section:

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In this section:

  • Online – a flag of normal communication with the charger;
  • Voltage – voltage measured by the charger, V;
  • Current – current measured by the charger, A;
  • Internal temperature – temperature of the charger, °C;
  • Charge – energy which the charger transferred to the battery, Ah;
  • Charging time – duration of the battery charging, minute.

ATIB charger

Information about the status of communication with an ATIB charger is available in the "External equipment → Chargers → ATIB charger" section:

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In this section:

  • Online – a flag of normal communication with the charger;
  • Voltage – voltage measured by the charger, V;
  • Current – current measured by the charger, A;
  • Status – bitfield with status indicators:
    • Charger error;
    • High temperature;
    • Parameters out of limits;
    • Battery is not connected;
    • Communication error;
    • Thermal derating;
    • Precharge.

Fronius charger

Information about the status of communication with a Fronius charger is available in the "External equipment → Chargers → Fronius charger" section:

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In this section:

  • Online – a flag of normal communication with the charger;
  • Voltage – voltage measured by the charger, V;
  • Current – current measured by the charger, A;
  • Status – bitfield with status indicators:
    • Power unit on – charger power status;
    • Voltage match finish – charging finished due to voltage achievement;
    • Delay;
    • Derating;
    • Error – charger error;
    • Break – charging stopped.

Webasto charger

Information about the status of communication with a Webasto charger is available in the "External equipment → Chargers → Webasto charger" section:

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In this section:

  • Online – a flag of normal communication with the charger;
  • Voltage – voltage measured by the charger, V;
  • Available current – maximum allowable charging current, A;
  • Actual current – current measured by the charger, A;
  • Status – bitfield with status indicators:
    • Ready to charge;
    • Charging – battery is charging;
    • High temperature – charger is overheated;
    • Fault state – charger error.

Skytronic charger

Information about the status of communication with a Skytronic charger is available in the "External equipment → Chargers → Skytronic charger" section:

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In this section:

  • Online – a flag of normal communication with the charger;
  • Voltage – voltage measured by the charger, V;
  • Actual current – current measured by the charger, A.

Sunny Island inverter

Information about the status of communication with a SMA Sunny Island inverter is available in the "External equipment → Inverters → Sunny Island inverter " section:

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In this section:

  • Enable – a flag to enable communication with the inverter;
  • CAN port – port which is used to communicate with the inverter:
    • CAN1 (ext);
    • CAN2 (int);
  • Receive timeout – a timeout for receiving packets from the inverter (if no data is being received from the inverter during this time, the connection loss flag is set), millisecond;
  • Output period – a period of sending commands to the inverter, millisecond;
  • Charge voltage, V – maximum charging voltage, V;
  • Charge current, А – maximum charging current, A;
  • Discharge voltage (min) – minimum discharging voltage, V;
  • Discharge current – maximum discharging current, А;
  • Invert current – a flag to inverse current sent to the inverter;

When working with the Sunny Island inverter, the BMS Main 3 device sends messages with the values of voltage and charge/discharge current continuously with the period “Output period”: Charging voltage, Charging current, Discharging voltage, Discharging current.

Pylontech inverter

To change the parameters of communication with a Pylontech inverter, select the "External equipment → Inverters and loads → Pylontech inverter" section:

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In this section:

  • Online – a flag of normal communication with the inverter;

HYG Class I-III truck

Information about the status of communication with a HYG Class I-III truck is available in the "External equipment → Trucks and Vehicles → HYG Class I-III truck" section:

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In this section:

  • Online – a flag of normal communication with the forklift;
  • Voltage, V;
  • Current, А;
  • Temperature, °C;
  • Thermal derate, %;
  • Control – bitfield with control commands transferred to the forklift:
    • Inhibit operation;
    • Immediate shutdown;
    • Limited operation – mode of limited functionality (it is formed if the battery SOC is less than the “SOC: Limited operation” value);
    • Traction inhibit (Gen.2: charger connected);
    • Lift lockout – blocking of the lift (it is formed if the battery SOC is less than the “SOC: Lift lockout” value).

Combilift truck

Information about the status of communication with a Combilift truck is available in the "External equipment → Trucks and Vehicles → Combilift truck" section:

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In this section:

  • Online – a flag of normal communication with equipment;
  • Voltage, V;
  • Current, А;
  • Temperature, °C;
  • Control – bitfield with control commands transferred to the forklift:
    • Power shutdown – turn off the forklift power;
    • Traction inhibit;
    • Lift lockout – blocking of the lift (it is formed if the battery SOC is less than the “SOC: Lift lockout” value);
    • Limited operation – mode of limited functionality (it is formed if the battery SOC is less than the “SOC: Limited operation” value).

Spirit AGV

Information about the status of communication with a Spirit AGV is available in the "External equipment → Trucks and Vehicles → Spirit AGV" section:

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In this section:

  • Online – a flag of normal communication with the truck;
  • Voltage, V;
  • Current, A;
  • Temperature, °C;
  • Control 1 – first bitfield with control commands transferred to the forklift:
    • Inhibit operation;
    • Immediate shutdown;
    • Limited operation – mode of limited functionality (it is formed if the battery SOC is less than the “SOC: Limited operation” value);
    • Traction inhibit;
    • Lift lockout – blocking of the lift (it is formed if the battery SOC is less than the “SOC: Lift lockout” value).
  • Control 2 – second bitfield with control commands transferred to the forklift:
    • Charger connected;
    • No charging or discharging current;
    • Charging;
    • Discharging;
    • Cell monitor offline / Cell count error / Battery cover opened;
    • Overcurrent / Overvoltage / Undervoltage;
    • High temperature / Low temperature;
    • Board high temperature.
  • Status – forklift status sent to BMS:
    • Shutdown immediately;
    • Confirmed shutdown;
    • Charging / not charging;
    • Charger critical error;
    • Charger non-critical error;
  • Waiting time, s.

Crown truck

Information about the status of communication with a Crown truck is available in the "External equipment → Trucks and Vehicles → Crown truck" section:

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In this section:

  • Online – communication status with the BMS Crown adapter;
  • Voltage A2 (from battery) – voltage measured by the BMS Crown on battery, V;
  • Voltage A1 (from truck) – voltage produced by the Crown forklift system, V;
  • Relay – command to power on the Crown forklift.

ZiK truck

Information about the status of communication with a ZiK truck is available in the "External equipment → Trucks and Vehicles → ZiK truck" section:

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In this section:

  • Battery voltage, V;
  • Battery current, A;
  • Supercapacitor voltage, V;
  • Supercapacitor temperature, °C;
  • Control – bitfield with control commands transferred to the forklift:
    • Discharging;
    • Allow discharging;
    • Charge supercapacitor;
    • Recuperation resistor;
    • Inhibit operation;
    • Undervoltage;
    • Overcurrent;
    • Limited operation;

Basic J1939 vehicle

Information about the status of communication with a vehicle via the J1939 protocol is available in the "External equipment → Trucks and Vehicles → Basic J1939 vehicle" section:

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In this section:

  • Online – a flag of normal communication with the vehicle;
  • Maximum DOD – maximum allowed DOD of the battery, %.

Main X

Information about the status of communication with the BMS Main X is available in the "External equipment → BMS → Main X" section:

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In this section:

  • Online – connection status.